Language Vocabulary Challenge

What is the term for a language spoken by a group of people in a specific region?

• Patois

• Accent

• Language family

• Dialect

Fill in the blank: A __________ is a language that is used as a common means of communication between speakers of different native languages.

• lingua franca

• native language

• dialect

• pidgin

What do you call a person who speaks multiple languages fluently?

• linguist

• polyglot

• bilingual

• translator

Fill in the blank: A __________ language is one that is learned after the first language and is often used for communication in a specific context.

• native

• second

• foreign

• primary

What is the term for a language that has official status in a country?

• Official language

• Regional language

• Minority language

• Dialect

Fill in the blank: A person who speaks two languages is referred to as __________.

• trilingual

• polyglot

• bilingual

• monolingual

Fill in the blank: A __________ language is the first language that a person learns from birth.

• foreign

• learned

• native

• secondary

What is the term for a person who can communicate in three or more languages?

• polyglot

• monolingual

• bilingual

• trilingual

Fill in the blank: A __________ is a regional or social variation of a language that differs in vocabulary and grammar from the standard form.

• accent

• idiolect

• dialect

• slang